01851cam a2200349 i 4500 506688484 TxGeo 20210709120000.0 210209s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021005984 9781250246660 hbk. 1250246660 hbk. TxGeo rda Buchanan, Greg. Sixteen horses / Greg Buchanan. First U.S. edition. New York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2021. 452 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "In Ilmarsh, England, local police detective Alec Nichols discovers sixteen horses' heads on a farm, each buried with a single eye facing the low winter sun. After Veterinary Forensics expert Cooper Allen travels to the scene, a pathogen is discovered lurking within the soil, and many of those who have come into contact with the corpses grow critically ill. A series of crimes comes to light-disappearances, arson, and mutilations-and in the dark days that follow, the town slips into panic and paranoia. Everything is not as it seems. Anyone could be a suspect. And as Cooper finds herself unable to leave town, Alec is stalked by an unseen threat. The two investigators race to uncover the truth behind these frightened and insidious mysteries-no matter the cost"-- Provided by publisher. 20210720. Veterinary forensics Fiction. Pathogenic microorganisms Fiction. Crime Fiction. Small cities Fiction. England Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Detective and mystery fiction. QS5